[Tutor] problem with time module

[Dick Moores]

 From the time module doc at
<http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html>,
I expected mktime(localtime()) and time() to be approx. 7*3600 seconds 
apart (I'm on the U.S. west coast, in -0700).

But they're not:

 >>> from time import *
 >>> mktime(localtime());time()
1092510279.0
1092510279.2650001

Have I misunderstood something?

Thanks, tutors.

Dick Moores
Win XP, Python 2.3.4